Adjustable reed for warring-machines



(No Model.)

H.. P. STRAWQ ADJUSTABLE REED FOR WARPING MACHINES- No. 322,401.Paten-tedJuly 14,1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN F. STRAW, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

ADJUSTABLE REED FOR. WARPlNG-MAOHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,461, dated July 14,1885.

Application filed February 2, 1885. (No model.)

lifted in takingalease, and the arm 3 of the dent at a point above theshoulder 2 has attached to it a finger, 4, which is free to yield as thewarp-thread is placed on the shoulder of the dent, said fingerthereafter returning to its normal position and acting to prevent thewarp-thread being lifted from the top of the dent, as the dent and reedare drawn down below the general plane of the warpthreads in taking alease. The finger as herein shown is represented as a bent spring, thelower end or point of which normally rests in the notch or groove 5 ofthe opposite part 6 of the dent. The shank 7 of the dent is inserted,asshown in the drawings,through the springs d d, in usual manner, so thatby turning the screw and stretching or permitting the spring to contractthe dents may be spaced as desired.

1 claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a dent having ashoulder, 2, and a finger located above the shadder, the shoulder andfinger co-operating to retain the warp-thread in the space of the dent,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have name to this specification in the twosubscribing witnesses.

HERMAN F. STRAW.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, HERMAN F. Scrnnw, of Manchester, county ofHillsborough, State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement inAdjustable Reedsfor Warping-Ma chines, of which the followingdescription in connection with the accompanying drawings is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention is an improvement on the mechanism described inapplication Serial No. 102,27 6, to which reference may be had.

My invention consists in a reed-dent hav-. ing a shoulder to support thewarp as the dent is lifted, and a finger which yields to adinit awarp-thread to be placed on the shoulder, and then closes above andprevents the warpthread from being lifted completely from the dent.

Figure 1 in elevation, but partly broken out, shows a short reedcontaining dents embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial sideelevation enlarged of one of my improved dents; and Figs. 3 and at arerespectively details of the inner faces of both the upper arms or forksof the forked dent, the one showing the finger and the other the groove.

The reed-box A, the screw b, the rods 0, and the spiral springs 01 areall of usual construction,and substantially as inUnited States PatentNo. 221,7 99, dated November 18,1879.

My improved forked dent B has a shoulder, 2, on which the thread restswhen the reed is signed my presence of Witnesses:

J AMESB. STRAW, JOHN P. YOUNG.

